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When installing a Exchange 2007 SP1 in Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) cluster, the passive node installation fails with the following error: “This is not a passive node. A clustered mailbox server represented by the cluster resource group [name of cluster] was found on this node.” After a bit of head scratching, I realised that […]

Those of you who frequent my blog (or follow me on twitter) will know that I am strongly to any form of internet censorship. Here in Australia the government is currently trailing new ISP level filtering which threatens to reduce our internet to a state comparable to China, read more here In New Zealand, they […]

THE Federal Government’s internet filtering plan has been compared to censorship in China by one of the participants in its blacklist trials. Read full article here Check out the NO CLEAN FEED website here

Microsoft has released Update Rollup 6 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1. More information about this update is available here It is worth mentioning that this update also includes a fix for the critical security issue that was published under Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-003 on 10 February 2009.

Already being tested by 3.5 million users and aligned with Microsoft’s software plus services strategy. What I find fascinating is that Microsoft found the cost of running Exchange 2007 to be roughly half that of running Exchange 2003. It is thought that E14 will bring that cost down by a similar margin yet again. […]

In order to assist customers in designing their storage layout for Exchange 2007, Microsoft put together a calculator that focuses on driving the storage requirements (I/O performance and capacity) and what the optimal LUN layout should be based on a set of input factors. The Mailbox Server Role Storage Requirements Calculator has recently been updated […]

I am a little surprised that there has not been more noise made about this.. thought I would do my bit as I am a totally against internet censorship.. The Australian Federal Government is pushing forward with a plan to force ISPs to censor the Internet for all Australians. I can think of several, non-technical […]